The self is at the center of Anju Dodiya's works. Though not solipsistic, the
majority of her works give the viewer access to private moments, lifted from
"the private discourse that goes on within oneself when one is alone". Dodiya
initially resisted the lure of self-portraiture: Her early works were extremely
abstract, and following her first show ("a fictional autobiography"), she tried
to refocus her gaze on railway...
Read MoreThe self is at the center of Anju Dodiya's works. Though not solipsistic, the
majority of her works give the viewer access to private moments, lifted from
"the private discourse that goes on within oneself when one is alone". Dodiya
initially resisted the lure of self-portraiture: Her early works were extremely
abstract, and following her first show ("a fictional autobiography"), she tried
to refocus her gaze on railway stations, roadside scenes, and so forth. Yet
ultimately she found her original impulse of a painterly introspection was the
strongest, and rechanneled her vision into describing situations from her life.

Dodiya describes her relationship with contemporary Western art as ambivalent.
To her, the practice of conceptual art as seen in India seems more a response
to international fashions than an authentic portrayal of the art process. Her
own art remains rooted in the figurative, and her debts to the West are mostly
to Giotto, Massacio, and other painters of the Italian Renaissance. As with those
painters, all elements within her paintings are charged with an emotional value.
"Often," she says, "I use furniture or, say, a curtain or a door to speak".
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Born 1964Mumbai

Education

1986 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Sir J.J School of Arts, Mumbai

Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018 'Anju Dodiya: The Air is a...

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018 'Anju Dodiya: The Air is a Mill of Hooks', presented by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi at Bikaner House, New Delhi

2010 'Looking Glass: The Existence of Difference', Twenty Indian Contemporary Artists presented by Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi in collaboration with American Centre; British Council; Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi

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